kyle cooper research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n59WAWD7dqE


Kyle Cooper's opening sequence for Superman Returns, production from Warner Bros, forms the theme of fantasy as it's genre in an conventional way, for example the use of text, and how it is presents not including the setting of the opening sequence. Although the font of the credit and how if is used stays similar through out the opening sequence, it still has the target audience in contact, only looking at the opening sequence i feel that the film is rated as a U, the reason for this is because the opening sequence feels fantasised and looks as if it is targeted towards the younger age, were as the rest of the movie may just be different.

The first credit appears on a black screen, in blue block writing saying 'Warner Bros productions ' the writing starts of extremely small, and grows as if it is coming to the screen, then in a fantasied way me as a member of the audience flies through the font, in 3D style, this can be seen as the way the opening sequence introduces the character, because superman flies, we (the audience) could be Superman, flying through the words. This continuous three time before red smoke appears on the screen, defining hell, but camera then zooms out of the smoke which forms a sign of the letter 'S' standing for Superman, you could look at this another way, that the red smoke represents a bad thing happening then Superman comes flying in and makes the day, that's why the sign appears. The reason i thought of this is because as soon as the smoke starts to recognise into the Superman sign, the theme tune of Superman is noticed, the music livens up more, and casually plays through out the opening sequence.

Now that the sign is recognised and over exaggerated the title of the film being 'Superman Returns' appears, when we (the audience) go through the title, the 3d dimension turns the page blue, now the credits continue to appear. As the blue background fades away the character, or the audience, flies into space, going through planets as credits continue to fly through, and the theme tune continues to play. Then I as a member of the audience follow a shooting star that appears suddenly on the page, this could be superman, because of the typical saying that is said in the original film, "is it a bird? is it a plain? NO it's Superman!"
The shooting star then disappears coming to the end of the sequence the continuous flying and credits slowly goes away, as the camera starts to fly towards the earth. The small world in the big wide universe.